full respray question

[copeyhagen]

cheers for replies lads, reason i said house of kolor was its the only brand i had ever heard of.

i have a full brand new vertex style kit to go on, brand new carbon bonnet, the car needs to go down to gem to be pulled and welded at the back and have the bootlid fixed. could do with getting 2 new front wings before sending it to be painted. im sure there would be a bit of prep involved aswell, i have the color in my mind more or less.

tryin to get it as cheap as possible!! will deffo be in touch with joey.

would the best bet be to buy the paint myself and let him do the work? or just let him do everything?

where would ya go about buying paint, im guessing rip off ireland isnt an option!

cheers lads

[bandit]

best bet is to let who ever is doing the job to buy the paint, when im doing jobs for people they always say i'l buy the paint but most painter's will get a good discount on stuff well i do anyways ha, if you do go about getting the paint yourself vinny byrne is your man, they will mix paint up on the spot for you and match any colour you want and price per liter of paint is i think 75 +VAT over the counter, and at the mo they are doing good deals on clear coat kits @ 80 and primer kits @60 or 70 i think it was

[copeyhagen]

jesus thats cheap for the paint. fook that house of kolor sh1t!!

i see what ya mean about the person doing the work getting a discount though.

cheers

[bandit]

no bother man im pricing up the house of kolor paint for my own yoke at the minute just for the crack

[owenf]

team pr reilly in dublin are house of kolor dealers throw up a price of the house of kolor stuff when ya get it . im goin sprayin mine candy apple red

[mcdae86]

all depends what colour your paintin over and if its water base your using.. if theres any filler on it id say just primer it wit a can and wet sand the lot.. if your paintin it white and the car was red obviosly it'd be harder to cover.. if painting over same colour then id say;
waterbase 2.5L (plus lacquer same amount)
2k (acrylic) paint 2L plus 1 litre hardener

[johnbro]

I thought all paint's are water-based nowadays by law
Is solvent based paint still available? (it's handy if you don't have a booth)

best off letting the painter use a product he's use too IMO
when using strange products mistakes happen.

Don't be fooled by marketing and price of paint I've found the cheaper ones to be better in most cases.
the likes of house of kolour and DuPont are only useful for specialty paint like ford's electric orange form the ST for example.

Are you looking for a pearl or candy effect?
or just standard colour?
without giving away too much

[copeyhagen]

ok, so the car is white now, and im thinking of this color:


or a champagne colour.

[bandit]

team pr reilly in dublin are house of kolor dealers throw up a price of the house of kolor stuff when ya get it . im goin sprayin mine candy apple red

thats who im onto for it i know one of the girls in there

@johnbro: solvent is still widely available and is great for quick out of booth jobs but water base is by far better i think for colour match and finish

[meego1]

HOK paint when priced up seems cheap but its only sold in american quarts which are only small tins and u end up needing more than u thought and thats where it starts to get pricey